Tulip Time

Mornin' y'all!  I am happy to report that I have been working on my goal to spend less time staring mindlessly at social media and more time on the things I really want to accomplish.  When I sat down at my craft table yesterday, I was having trouble focusing and figuring out what I wanted to make, how to combine challenges, what stamps to use, etc. and instead of hopping on Facebook for a while and hoping my brain would eventually cooperate, I listened to a short meditation on focus.  Then instead of turning on a podcast, I put on some instrumental music and began to concentrate on what I wanted to make and guess what?  It worked!

I felt like at first my brain was trying to go in several directions at once to figure out how to combine two challenges, but when I was finally able to get it to focus I really liked where I ended up.  And once I got started I was able to turn the podcast back on without losing my focus, which was nice.  I'm a little bit addicted to The Soundtrack Show with David W. Collins right now and yesterday I was listening to a deep dive on the music of Jurassic Park, highly recommend the podcast if you're interested in movie soundtracks.

Anyway, my first challenge of today is the Festive Friday Challenge:

Thanks to my super colorful DSP, I have red (...debatable, it might be classified as dark pink), yellow, orange, and tulips, and I added a stamped windmill.  I thought about making it a birthday card but I send a lot more hello/friendship/thinking of you type cards so I went with that.

Next up is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

The sketch clicked into place for me when I decided to add the windmill on top of the square piece instead of behind and above it, a small adjustment that made the design work for my card I think but you can still see the sketch I started with.

After I finished this, I even started on unmounting a bunch of stamp sets that have been languishing in my craft room for MONTHS, so after I take Daphne for our daily walk, I will be finishing that up and then I probably will have to buy a few more stamp cases.  But hooray for getting started on projects that I've been putting off for far too long : )  And hooray for figuring out how to work through temporary creative blocks to make something when my time is limited, love that.

Have a great day, peeps!  Daphne is ready to go for our walk.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Tulip Fields, All-Year Cheer I
Ink:  Early Espresso, Mango Melody, Petal Pink, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink
Paper:  Mango Melody, Mossy Meadow, Thick Basic White, Flowering Fields DSP
Accessories:  Windmill Fields dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Milky Dots